Unique nanocrystalline frameworks in mesoporous tin phosphate prepared through a hydrofluoric acid assisted chemical reaction
By Pramanik, Malay; Lee, Jaewoo; Tominaka, Satoshi; Ide, Yusuke; Kim, Jung Ho; Yamauchi, Yusuke
Published in J. Mater. Chem. A
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2016
Abstract
A mesostructured tin phosphate (SnPi) material has been prepared in the presence of an amphiphilic block copolymer (F127), tin chloride (SnCl4), and phosphoric acid (H3PO4) in an ethanol-water mixed solvent medium. The mesoporous SnPi material, with a large pore diameter (7.4 nm), nanocrystalline walls, a high surface area (310 m2 g-1), and a unique flake-like particle shape, is successfully synthesized by a two-step heat treatment of the parent mesostructured SnPi under flowing N2 gas followed by flowing air. Under moderate conditions (293 K and 60% relative humidity), our mesoporous SnPi shows 6.5 times more proton (H+) conductivity compared to its non-porous/bulk analogue (SnPi-B), due to its higher surface area and unique nanocrystalline porous structure enriched with free O-H groups. The preliminary electrochemical properties of our crystalline mesoporous SnPi as an anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been studied as well, which exhibits good reversible specific capacity with good cycling stability and excellent capacity retention of 92%.
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